Anyone here at the Wilco show last night at Stubb's?  Probably the best I've seen them, and the varied setlists they have been trotting out have been incredible...pulling equally from all of their albums and reworking some of the older classics.

I had to drive back to Fort Worth after the show, so I'll be missing their second performance tonight.  I would highly suggest to anyone that they try to find tickets.

Robert Killebrew just might be the worst Longhorn in the history of Texas football.  He's clueless out there on the field.  And on those rare occasions when he's actually in position to make a tackle, he lunges at the guy, makes a weak attempt at an arm tackle, and then falls down as if he's given some kind of effort.  It's embarrassing, and it's frustrating when watching him during the game.

I've never seen a linebacker try so hard to avoid hitting anyone and then compound it with having no idea where to go on the field.

Charean Williams has a good article on Vince in today's Star-Telegram.  It's amazing how, even now, everything I read about VY still impresses me.  I'm just a little worried about his season this year, though, because: a) I really want him to succeed, and b) the expectations are so high for him while his team just isn't that good.

And I remain completely unconvinced that either of those teams would survive any other major conference without at least 2 losses.

I know they have to because of tonight's game and then next Thursday's game, but can ESPN get off the Big East bandwagon.  That conference still sucks.  I wouldn't care if every team was undefeated.

When was the last time we were an underdog at home?

With Vince leaving and Ohio State likely to be in the top 2 or 3 (possibly even #1) in the polls coming into that game, will that make Texas an underdog?

I don't remember - was Nebraska and/or Kansas State favored in 1999?  That would be the most recent I can think of.

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I don't know about any of you, but all this talk about class, respect, running up the score, etc. is making me sick.

"Scoring 70 points is just classless. A blocked punt with 10 minutes left in the third?  A hard tackle that knocked out Klatt with the game in hand?  Mack should have called off the dogs midway through the second quarter.  They should have just punted on first down every possession."

"(Gasp!!!) Rodrique Wright said he wanted to dominate in the Rose Bowl???  How dare he?  Doesn't he know how good USC is?  Shouldn't he show some respect to the mighty Trojans, the best football team in the history of the world?"

"Vince said he's more of a leader than Reggie.  That's disrespectful to Reggie.  Doesn't he know that Reggie Bush is the greatest running back in the history of football?"

"How can you say that Matt Leinart isn't more clutch than Vince?  Didn't you see that 4th-and-9 at Notre Dame?  That's just not showing enough respect towards Leinart."

Obviously, I'm paraphrasing here, but I've heard and read these sentiments all over the place and all I have to say is - really...who gives a shit?

This is college football, not the Paris Peace Talks.  Why must we tiptoe around all this?  Let's add some color to all of this.  I want Vince to say he's going to throw it all over the USC secondary.  I want Reggie to say he's going to run through the Texas defense as if it didn't exist.

And God forbid that internet bloggers should talk trash.  Has everyone's skin gotten so thin that nobody can take a joke?

Let's liven it up a little.